Photograph
by
Maynard
Owen
Williams
On the Ruins of Ancient Sepulchers, Tiberias Was Founded by the SonofHerod
the
Great
The new capital on the Sea of Galilee, built about 20 years after the birth of Christ, was named by Herod Antipas
for
his
friend,
the
Emperor
Tiberius.
Chief
structures, a racecourse and a palace, were decorated with the figures of animals, which made the place ritually impure
toOrthodox
Jews.
Antipas
had
toresort
toforce
and gifts to populate the city, mentioned in the New Testament-John 6:23.